Saturday, October 9, 2010

Smart phones and tablet computers such as iPhone and iPad have not only increased the pace of digital publishing but also fueled sharing digital information instantly in textual, audio and video formats through social networks. It is projected that mobile data traffic will grow 40 times over the next five years and that more people will, by 2013, access the Web from their mobile devices than from their desktop computers. Mobile technologies could “push digital publishing past tipping point by 2014,” as people are using digital magazines and journals much more often than their print equivalents.

“Digital Publishing and Mobile Technologies” will be the main theme of the 15th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (ELPUB), to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from June 22-24, 2011. ELPUB2011 will bring together both researchers and practitioners to discuss digital publishing and mobile applications along with their implications for scholarly communication, information services, e-learning, e-businesses and digital cultural heritage sector. Digital publishing software and applications for mobile devices will be highlighted along with the integration of their functional capabilities such as location awareness with digital resources. Methods by which digital content can be repurposed for mobile devices and mobile users will also be discussed, as they have different browsing, reading and viewing habits.

We welcome research papers from members of the communities whose work are transforming the nature of digital publishing, scholarly communication, mobile technologies, and mobile information services. We also welcome practical papers and case studies dealing with various aspects of the main theme of the conference. Main topics include (but not limited to) the following:

■Research papers (up to 10 pages; please use the template in the conference web site)■Posters (up to 3 pages; please use the template in the conference web site)■Extended abstracts (a minimum of 1,000 and maximum of 1,500 words; please specify it as “extended abstract” using the template)■Tutorials (abstract min. of 500 and max. of 1,000 words)■Workshops (abstract min. of 500 and max. of 1,000 words)■Demonstration (abstract min. of 500 and max. of 1,000 words)

Student papers and posters are also welcome.

All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review and acceptance by the international ELPUB Programme Committee. Accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings book and indexed in A&I services. Accepted abstracts will be extended to full papers and published online only. Final versions of all the works will be available online and archived at: http://elpub.scix.net .

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Important Dates

■December 6, 2010: Opening of submissions of full-text papers and extended abstracts.■January 10, 2011: Deadline for submission of full-text papers and extended abstracts (in all categories).■February 14, 2011: Notification of acceptance of submitted papers and extended abstracts■March 21, 2011: Deadline for submissions of all final papers in camera ready form.

2 comments:

Looking forward to the event. This is the kind of thing I've been working on for the past ten years. Demo at http://www.danapaxsonstudio.com/DR%20Latest/Website/Demo.htm and it works for textbooks as well, with adaptations for handheld use. Tested with browsers on Sony PSP, Palm T/X, and Android phone.

I see events like this popping up more and more. Its pretty exciting to think how easy it is to get rich media to mobile devices. I was checking out Mygazines mobile platform recently and that struck me as pretty amazing.http://bit.ly/gHiQPg I have also been hearing that by 2014 the primary format of accessing publications will be mobile! Amazing!

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I formerly had primary responsibilities for Collection Development, Instruction, and Reference and Research Services in Chemical and Biological Engineering; Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering; Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering; and Mechanical Engineering; Alternative Energy; Environment Sciences with the Library of Iowa State University. I was employed from April 1987 to July 2014.
Prior to joining ISU, I served as the Museum Librarian at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, and as an Assistant Librarian with the Library of the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, my hometown.
I received my Master of Science degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign in 1975, and my undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Lehman College of the City University of New York, The Bronx.